International Development

We provide world leading power sector planning expertise, integrating renewable and conventional energy technologies into existing energy networks, providing smart-grid solutions to optimise connections and network performance, electricity system planning (generation, transmission and distribution), and Hydrogen as part of the energy system.

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We offer advisory services on investment requirements and financial incentives, and landscape mapping of the institutional finance ecosystem.

Amongst other support, our teams advise governments, donors, development banks and international institutions across a range of specialist technical areas, including: 

• Climate investment planning and financing NDC implementation.
• Capacity building and strengthening national institutions to access climate finance.
• Identifying where public finance is best placed to leverage private sector funds.
• Tracking and evaluating climate finance flows.

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We help governments, companies and organisations globally to assess, design and implement strategies, policies and solutions for sustainable transportation covering road, rail, maritime and aviation.

This includes clean technologies and fuels for all transportation modes, powertrain types and fuels; decarbonising supply chain logistics; undertaking policy assessments and evaluations; and managing transportation programmes, information portals and innovation competitions.

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We help businesses and government understand the challenges facing agriculture and land-based sectors and implement sustainable solutions that deliver effective results.

We use our deep understanding of the UK and European Union’s policy and the evolving voluntary standards and disclosures landscape to help clients and involve civil society organisations globally to comply with regulations, reduce risks and support better policy development. 

Learn more about our services in agricultural environmental management.

Our specialist climate change teams include international experts in climate mitigation, GHG emissions inventories, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV), climate reporting and transparency, NDC implementation, emissions projections and long-term strategies, and cross-sectoral adaptation and resilience.

Our experts in climate and development economics and policy, finance, transparency, climate impacts, modelling, and governance have supported more than 250 cities and national governments to meet their Paris Agreement commitments.

Learn more: National Climate Plans

Ricardo works with a wide range of governments, development banks and other public sector clients to develop, implement, assess and enhance their energy and carbon policies.

We help public and private sector organisations reduce emissions within energy, industrial, commercial, public and residential sectors, and we are world leaders in advising on emissions trading systems, carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and carbon pricing policies and taxation; as well as Paris Agreement market mechanisms (Article 6) and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+).

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Ricardo has the longest-established specialist air quality team in the world and, with over 150 experts and developers, one of the largest.  We offer a fully comprehensive range of air quality assessment services to support clients around the world, utilising world leading monitoring, emissions inventory and modelling expertise to support air quality action plan development, inform decision making and highlight the health and economic benefits of improved air quality.  

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Driving global solutions in water strategy, resource management and service provision, our vision is to become trusted advisors to clients who share our passion for meaningful change and provide world leading water consultancy through the delivery of integrated strategic, technical and digital solutions.

We help design water policy, legislation and regulation and provide independent water market analysis and advice based on our expertise in policy, strategy, performance and economics.

Our support in water sector policy and regulation.